please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
This very remote hostelry is hosting regular online music gigs during lockdown.
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This is the highest pub in England. It's sits 1,700 ft. above sea level.
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If ever there was a reason why 16 pubs a week close then this is it. After driving 300 miles (set off at 4am) then walked 4 miles from Keld, in the snow, I was told I was too late for any food at 3.10pm (but I could have some crisps) and was sold a terrible pint of Theakston's by 2 incompetent teenagers who couldn't pour a pint or work the till to take my money. But worse was to come - I sat in the lounge area ON MY OWN but was shouted at to get outside by some cantankerous bint called Reny who said mobile phone calls were banned in the bars. (I was only trying to ensure that my neighbour had remembered to feed my cat whilst I was away and the pub was the only phone reception I had had for 6 hours!) This was the first time I had returned to this pub in 25 years - Great Yorkshire hospitality. Sell up and convert it to a house - or get rid of the muppets and run it like a business with decent service, drink and food.
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Sorry to say that I don't agree with a lot of the more favourable reviews about this pub.
We found the place to be a bit shabby, tired and not very well run. Almost all of the pump clips were turned around, which considering it was an unseasonably warm friday, and they'd surely be expecting an influx of people that day for the weekend, I found a bit odd. The only pump that was working was the Old Peculier (which, if you read my other reviews, I have a particular penchant for) and that was on very fine form.
That said and for all the hype that surrounds this pub, I found that the massive detour that we took to try it wasn't worth the fuel.
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I pop in here whenever i am up in Richmond visiting the Outlaws.
Came in today for a bite to eat and a pint of Black Sheep. recieved a warm enough welcome and enjoyed my visit once again
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Always make a point of stopping off here after walking in Swaledale or Arkengarthdale. It has a fantastic location, and on a clear day the views are amazing.
Inside, once you get past the pet lambs(!), it feels warm and snug, with that comforting smell of a low coal fire. Always a good choice of ales - tried Old Peculiar and their 'house ' beer which is a tasty 5% er brewed by Dent - both were in excellent condition.
Sat in the lower room - very comfy, and chatted to a local about all the music gigs that go on here...never been able to make one of those yet, but they sound epic!
A great pub if in the area.
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dia_reah ...
I can only honestly report on what I find. The pouring your own pint and all that stuff is just another gimmick to make Tracy seem even more whacky.
If you take the time to read the recent reveiews, you will find that A_from_Oxford and Mario 2, seem to agree with me.
"cant be asked didn't realise this site was all about shooting other peoples views down !"
What does "cant be asked" mean exactly Tracy, um, sorry, I mean dia_reah?
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"didn't realise this site was all about shooting other peoples views down"
Mmm, appears that you might just be doing that yourself!
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Pat_Bateman,,
Sounds like you don't have the humour to enjoy a unique place like Tan Hill Inn, and see it for what it is!
Did you inform the Landlady of your concerns!! Bet you NEVER HAD THE BALLS !!
Tan Hill Inn and all its goings on are a legend probably due to the altitude sickness it suffer from!
Well I can only say it how I saw it , just checked it with my friends and they say its always been spot on, and never seen anyone not enjoying the place, even the really old man (.must have been in his 90s) that fell over at his car, was smiling when he left and refused to go in the ambulance that staff called
Anyone reading the reviews please read down , take it all light heartedly and go and see for yourself ,,,,, If people don't go because of the comments Pat_Bateman has said then that really does become a crime!
Besides to much negative energy spent on this , cant be asked didn't realise this site was all about shooting other peoples views down !Everyone's experience is different to the last, that's how it was for you and this was how it was for me!
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Mmmhhh ... first ever comment by diamedes is a glowing report about the Tan Hill Inn.
Very similar to the first ever comment by rollypolly2010 on 8 June 2010.
It's certainly an experience going to this place and I did enjoy aspects of it. But, as mentioned in my previous comment of 10 May 2010, I also felt let down by agreements that were made in advance.
i.e the 2 free meals we were promised turned into 1 meal cooked by a guest.
No choice of breakfast was offered and came without tea or coffee.
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Tan Hill Inn has to be the warmest , and most welcoming pub i have ever been into. Yes it is very different to all others that i know , but really is a great place ,
I was forced to play music ( well i didn't really need forcing ) but i was forced to pull my own pint of ale Tan hill Ewes Juice great refreshing pint sweet and clean, one of the best experience of my life
(I'm applying for a summer job there. Food was very good, I would recommend this place , well worth the visit .
Bewarned the landlady has a totally mad sense of humour!.
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Stayed overnight here, and had problems due to the staff breaking promises, most importantly re what time they would serve me breakfast and unlock the door so that I could get out in the morning. Went down for breakfast at the agreed time - nobody there, and worse, I was locked in when I needed to go.
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Had a nice pint of the house ale brewed for them "ewes Dip"?? I think it was called.
A welcoming site , whilst driving around the Dales
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Beards, loners and inane chat about inclement weather, easy to avoid!
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Visited, had Golden Sheep, Old Peculier and Theakston Best on. The Golden Sheep was served in a very mediocre condition. Location is obviously very beautiful. More of a tourist destination than a good pub!
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I always get suspicious of posters who have only ever created just the one review.
Isn't that correct Tracy, erm, I mean, um, Rollypolly2010.
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What a cracking place .. The place was really dead when we got there. But within 1 hour the place was buzzing with people. Yeah Tracy put on a front , but only for the crack!! She's barking mad. Get her to talk to you and woos what a lady ! Staff were all on top form! Food was very good . Place was clean duck in the bar! Lambs trying to get in by the fire .. So ok it's diffferant in all the best ways !!! Try it 10. / 10
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I'm sorry i have to disagree with Carlurmston. and agree more with Pat_Bateman. This place has far from resisted the urge to go all touristy. In fact it is totally the opposite. Hats, and all sorts of souvenirs swamp the left side of the bar. Umpteen insulting posters and news clippings allover the walls just to remind you Tracy is acting up her reputation as the craziest landlady. Had i known it was all an act i would have driven straight past.
Stayed one night and glad it was just one. The rooms are shabby and unclean and expensive for what they are. I know dogs are allowed to stay and don't object to that, but Tracy, get the hoover out my love. The bathroom flooring was lifting itself off the floor. There are rooms upstairs that need looking after as well as a bar that the customers run.
Breakfast? well tea, coffee, orange juice maybe? no, don't expect either, you won't get it. Stuck me in a freezing cold dining room, couldn't wait to leave.
Felt i was living under Norman Bates roof. VISIT BEFORE YOU DIE? i don't think so, VISIT AND YOU MAY DIE, of disappointment.
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Lovely pub and lovely scenery in splendid isolation.
Sadly, I felt that the landlady played on her whacky / crazy reputation just a bit too much ... sorry Tracey. It just all seemed to be a bit of an act. I'm quite sure she's actually a really nice person.
We visited at a bad time, the first day after Tan Hill had staged an all weekend bands and music event. Tracey told every customer that entered the pub that she'd only had 5 hours sleep all weekend and if customers wanted a pint, they'd have to pour it themselves. It was quite amusing at first, watching the bewildered looks on peoples' faces. But after a while we just wished we were in a normal place with proper service.
To top it all off, Tracey then offered one customer (on his first ever visit to the pub) a free room for the night, if he would do all the cooking that night, so that she could go home.
To my astonishment, the guy actually accepted and went on to cook 11 dishes.
I received a steak and ale pie that came without pastry as he couldn't find any.
Our room was small and very basic for �80.
Fawlty Towers meets Wuthering Heights.
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A cracking pub. As stated below it occcupies the special honour of being the highest pub in Britain. Its gloriously remote and surrounded by a wide expanse of moorland. Its very popular with tourists for these reasons, and also popular with walkers and cyclists, as several trails cross here. What a place.
I just wanted to add that along with the B&B there is also a very cheap bunkhouse attached to the pub, and if you fancy some independance they are happy for people to camp around the pub... Walk in, enjoy the beer, food, atmosphere, and collapse for an evening under the stars!
Wonderful
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Famously remote moorland boozer that resists the urge to go all touristy, despite its status as the highest pub in England. Classic location is complemented by flagged floor, low beams and real fire. Signs warn of 'altitude sickness' causing the staff to be prone to bouts of insanity- this seemed to be the case on my visit! All good-natured though. Black Sheep always available but i tried the house ale, which was very good indeed. Worth the trip even if you're cautious about tourist trap pubs.
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A really nice pub in a great setting.
I visited this after seeing the signs off the A66, but it was another five miles or so on small country roads before I found this place.
It is a Black Sheep pub, selling their bitter as well as Theakstons and Old Peculiar, but they also serve a special beer apparantly brewed only for this pub called, 'Ewe Juice' - and very nice it was.
There are several rooms and a nice open coal fire. The food looked nice although I didn't partake myself.
If you find yourself in this area, make a detour and find yourself in a place well removed from the crowds - I know I will again.
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Small mining settlement where an Inn was 1st recorded in 1586. Current building dates from 17th cent. When last mine closed in 1929 all nearby cottages were demolished. Not much else has changed other than the 1990 addition of B&B rooms & toilets. At 1732ft asl this is the Highest Pub in GB. So remote there is, nothing for 10 miles, and views are superb. A freehouse with 6 hand pulls: Black Sheep, Theakstons Best, Old Peculiar & Guests. Good value pub grub. We were made very welcome by eccentric Landlady Tracy and by 2nd pint I was serving behind bar while my wife fed the lamb! Tracy is a character & so is her pub � one of the few TO VISIT BEFORE YOU DIE or she retires! Reviewed 21/5/08 by SADCATS on Tour! SCORE-.10
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To answer Leeds Stew, a bus goes to Keld from Richmond via Reeth.
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I've not been there yet but hoping to over the winter at some point, quick question which doesn't seem answered on their otherwise excellent website. Where is the nearest public transport stop off. I'm presuming a few miles slog is required from then on?
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This has got to be one of the most quirky pubs in the UK, not only is it supposedly the highest Pub in England, it's about 10 miles from all other civilisation, apart from that, don't be surprised to see sheep and ducklings wandering about in the bar and a Landlady who makes Chubby Brown sound like a playschool teacher. A nice pint is served though and after an overnight stay the place kind of grows on you. (remember to take your ear plugs if easily offended)
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Awesome souroundings! Excellent "trenchers" & real ale to die for. A real pleasure. Worth the hike out.
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Used to travel up from outside Richmond to visit this place. I loved its remoteness, it's warmth and charm.
Sadly moved away to Dorset for work. Always said i'd visited the Pub whenever i come up to visit Family.
taken me 20 years to get back to the pub, but i wasn't disapointed, it still has that certain something. Great place, warm, friendly, fine food with Theakstons and Black sheep the stuff i was weaned on!
you can't get better than this!
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It is so high oxygen required. you do not know what remote is until you have climbed and climbed to get here. A great boozer !
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I got married there in Nov 07, excellent all round.
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Put simply, this a great pub. I was lucky enough to stay here while on a walking holiday and was rewarded with great beer (Black Sheep), warming home-cooked food, a friendly lamb running around the place, and an even friendlier landlady who let us drink till 1am. Got it spot on without appearing to have to try!
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I couldn't imagine a better place to arrive at after a great day's walking over bleak but beautiful moors.
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well worth a visit a very wellcoming pub when i visited it was a cold wet miserable day had afew pints of the old peculiar and did not want to leave in a very good location for walking in the area
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I called there in a storm and the pub was without electricity. By chance I had packets of candles in the car which I traded for beer. I was very reluctant to leave my place by the fire at the end of the day.
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Great views and isolation well documented. Beers included Theakstons Best and Black Sheep, which were both on fine form, washed down with one of their huge Yorkshire puddings with `Tan Hill` sausage. Recommended if on the Pennine Way, or esp if you are not the one driving.
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As well as the Pennine Way, this is now on the cycling W2W route and thus a welcome stop after a hellish ascent. There are three main areas each of which is comfortable rather than smart. Six hand-pumps for three Back Sheep beers (including Emmerdale and Riggwelter) and three Theakstons beers (inc OP). Our random selection was in good condition. The fire is a god-send on dark and wet afternoons but the best feature, on my visit (mid-September 06), was a cute if feisty kitten on the bar.
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Went here in the middle of winter a few years back.incredibly atmospheric setting with the moors being snow covered.Drank lots of whisky in very cosy surroundings.Terrific.me and my mate had an argument which got quite heated about which is England's highest pub - The tan hill or the Kirkstone Pass Inn in the Lake district.But its definately this place - he gave in in the end.Well worth a visit (as is the Kirkstone pass inn incidentally)
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Highest pub in the whole of Britain (not just England), standing alone in the middle of bleak featureless moorland. A welcome sight after walking 4 miles along the Pennine Way in the rain. Amazing place with a friendly atmosphere, nice roaring fire, good selection of ales from Black Sheep and Theakstons, and excellent food. I'm looking forward to returning here next month when I'm walking the Coast to Coast - it's 4 miles off route but well worth the detour.
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Haven't been in years, but when I did there was always a little old bloke with ludicrous facial hair sitting in the corner scowling at people. My mate once (correctly) remarked that he looked like Wolverine, the bloke heard and he went for my mate, in a suitably bizarre wolfish sort of way.
Strange.
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Had the best New Year's Eve of my life here a few years back. Some lunatics had even camped over the road and their tents kept getting blown down the hill!
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Visited here sometime last January.It was a wonderful hostel after a days walking on windswept moors.Very friendly atmosphere.England's highest pub too.
Steve - 19 Nov 2004 01:31 |
If it wasn't in the wilds of wannie this could well be my local.
Martyn - 22 Sep 2004 15:11 |
nice old place - a warm fire in the bleakest of spots. its lovely in the summer and welcoming in the snow in the winter. good ales (fantastic whiskey selection).
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The highest pub in England. Has a genuine air of desolation about it, with wind-swept and exhausted Pennine Way hikers frequently collapsing through its low doors, and melancholic sheep gazing through its windows. Welcoming and very humorous staff (particularly the barman known as "Jagger"). Excellent basic food with high-moors type fuel food like giant Yorkshire Pudding. Fine local ales. Good place to stay overnight in the unexpectedly well-appointed annex. There is absolutely nothing twee or contrived about this pub.
Barry - 8 Mar 2004 17:11 |
